On this day, the negotiations ended.

It can't be said to be the end, but the old prince named Kangda pretended to be asleep and took a nap during the negotiation. That is, An Tao has a good cultivation and has no face-to-face conflicts.

But after a hard day of negotiation, he was dismissed by the old man's pretense of lack of energy, and he was somewhat unwilling.

Of course, the reason why Wei Ming Kangda did this was also because An Tao became stronger, so he had to use this kind of indiscriminate trick.

This back and forth can be delayed for at least two days.

But two days was a very torturous time for the Great Song Mission.

With the arrival of midwinter, snow begins to fall in Western Xia, and it will not be long before the roads become more and more difficult to walk. In particular, the Yellow River has been frozen for a long time, and it is impossible to walk directly from the river surface without a month. Then the end of the negotiations with the Western Xia a few years ago became the biggest heart problem of the Great Song Mission.

After all, Tokyo Bianliang is also waiting for news of the negotiations to formulate the budget for the next year.

Fight, be prepared to fight.

If you don't fight, you have to be prepared.

Li Kui saw An Tao's unfortunate look, and he had already guessed in his heart, how could he not guess that An Tao, an old man, was eaten to death by an older old man sent out by Xixia, and there was no room for resistance at all.

The negotiation was in a predicament, and Li Kui thought that he shouldn't wait any longer, so he immediately asked An Tao: "Bachelor, it seems that you have to prepare with both hands." ”

"The old man can't wait to mention 100,000 male soldiers to Xingqing Mansion. However, the weather is cold and freezing, and it is difficult for the army to move forward. An Tao is also hard-mouthed when he says this, everyone who reads is like this, he can say a million lions, he will never say 100,000, he can say 100,000, he will never say 50,000. It seems that the more people, the better. But generals who are familiar with the war know that in a crucial battle with absolutely 100,000 or 100,000 people on the battlefield, the final victory or defeat will actually fall on a small force of only a few thousand people.

Although it is the courage of a man to kill a general and capture the flag, he can eat this set when the army fights.

An Tao vented two sentences, and then raised his eyes and said to Li Kui: "What can Renjie do?" ”

Ann-sama, you can go out and take a deep breath on the streets.

An Tao's mind was full of puzzlement, but he really went to the streets, and when he came back, he couldn't figure it out. Seeing Li Kui smiling at him, he thought he was humiliated by Li Kui, and suddenly said angrily: "You kid, even I dare to tease?" ”

"Bachelor, the lower officials don't dare to do this. Go to the house and I'll tell you slowly. ”

Li Kui was originally behind An Tao, he didn't dare to let An Tao go out and do what he said like a big man, and then wait for An Tao to come back. If you do this, you will be guilty of the following.

He accompanied An Taoman back to the courtyard of the mansion, and when he entered the middle hall, he exhaled a hot breath and said: "I don't know how long it will take to finish this ghost weather in Western Xia." ”

"Bachelor, take a sip of hot tea and drive away the cold." While speaking, Li Kui offered fragrant tea, An Tao hesitated for a moment, but still took it and took a sip along the teacup, then swallowed a mouthful in his mouth, and warmed his tongue before sending it down. He took a long breath and asked Li Kui: "Renjie, tell me what bad ideas you have come up with?" ”

Since Li Kui explained to An Tao the benefits of Western Xia's westward expansion to the Great Song Dynasty, An Tao has paid a lot of attention to Li Kui, but he has a kind of appearance of treating Li Kui as a bad person, and he says that Li Kui wants to risk bad water at every turn. Although it was a joke, Li Kui, who was also in response, was not good.

But what can Li Kui say, he is too young, and if he wants to be tough in front of An Tao, it won't work: "Bachelor, do you think the smell of the street is fragrant?" ”

"You kid, believe it or not, I'll tell Zizhan ......" Sue the Elder is one of the few ways An Tao can deal with Li Kuiwei now. An Tao thought that Li Kui was playing cymbals with him again, but then he was stunned, and when he recalled it, he seemed to realize what Li Kui wanted to express: "You mean there is no smell of meat?" ”

"Bachelor's Vision. Jingzhou is a rich land in Western Xia, there are many rich people in the city, although it is not as big as Pingxi Mansion, and it is not in a hurry to Xingqing Mansion to be prosperous, but don't you think that the rich people in the party don't even eat meat in winter? Li Kui smiled evilly: "The colder the day, the more satisfying it is to eat meat." If you eat less meat, you will be more likely to get cold. The meat of Western Xia was extremely cheap, only one percent of that of the Great Song Dynasty. Nowadays, there are fewer people who eat meat in rich places like Jingzhou, which shows how difficult the situation of Western Xia is, right? ”

"But even if the Xixia Mansion Treasury is empty, if they are unwilling to back down, the negotiations will still have to stalemate!" An Tao hesitated and said: "Although the envoys of the Liao State did not express their attitude, the stationing of troops on the border of our Song and Liao States is enough to explain their attitude. They want to protect Western Xia, but at the same time they don't want to start a war with my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"The party members are having a hard time, so why don't we paint cakes for them?" Li Kui made no secret of his edge, he was born as a hunter, even if he was a clever hunter, there was a time when he returned empty-handed. For him, it doesn't matter if it's useful or not, and there's nothing to lose by trying.

An Tao was undecided, he was not as careless as Li Kui. He is the chief envoy of the mission, whether it is negotiation or planning, he naturally has the greatest credit for success, but if something goes wrong, the greater the responsibility on his shoulders.

The majesty of the Great Song Dynasty and the style of the embassy should be considered, he needs to think it through.

After a long time, An Tao decided to let Li Kui give it a try, to be honest, he was at a loss for the old man named Kangda. Especially after the Liao State showed a tough attitude before, seeing that the Great Song Dynasty delegation was dragged by the Western Xia, he was not in a hurry at all, and watched the play happily. He gritted his teeth and sneered: "The old man doesn't know about this." ”

As he spoke, An Tao beckoned to his son and prepared a stove for him.

What can Li Kui do, as a subordinate, in addition to doing things, he can't let his boss take the blame, right?

In the days that followed, Li Kui stopped staying at the mission and visited the barracks everywhere. Wherever he went, he would be greeted with a bang, after all, as one of the largest rebel leaders of the Western Xia rebellion, the wealth he gained through the rebellion was second only to Li Bingqian. It was difficult for him to bring back the money to the Great Song Dynasty, so he simply spent it in Western Xia.

drove herds of cattle and sheep to visit, and as soon as they entered the door, they beckoned to kill sheep and drink, even if they didn't deal with Li Kui, the Western Xia officials were not easy to attack. Not to mention, most of the Western Xia generals and tribal leaders had a strong sense of fear of Li Kui, and they didn't dare to drive people out at all.

After a few sips of wine, Li Kui began to talk about the good scenery of the Western Regions.

"The Western Regions are good, but the Western Regions are far away, right?"

"Not far away, Shule City to the west is Turpan, after Turpan is Gaochang. The secretary of the previous dynasty recorded the city of Gaochang, the city is thirty miles in radius, and there are pastures outside the city for three thousand miles, and the cattle and sheep cannot be seen at a glance. Especially Gaochang has not been beaten. At the beginning, the 36 cavalry of my Han Dynasty shocked the countries of the Western Regions, including Gaochang. ”

"Dashuai, if you take us with you, you will definitely be able to knock Gao Chang down."

Gaochang during the Northern Song Dynasty was not the ancient Gaochang Kingdom, but the royal city of the Uighurs, Gaochang City. (In later generations, this city was called Wushi.) ）

Li Kui drank high, and began to brag: "A few of you go to ask the king for his life, don't dare to say anything else, follow this handsome, and lay a hundred miles of fiefdom for you, isn't it still a handhold?" ”

"Dashuai, count me in. Now the Xiang people of our party can't even eat meat in winter, and they are bored. If the big man can take the villain to Gaochang to make a fortune, the villain is willing to sacrifice the most beautiful female slave to the big handsome. ”

"Good boy, count you in."

"Dashuai, I am willing to sacrifice the best gem to Dashuai."

"Good boy, count yourself in."

On this day, Li Kui came to the barracks of the Blackwater Army. His subordinates all followed Li Kui out of Blackwater City and robbed all the way to the hardcore subordinates of Xingqing Mansion. He is also one of the people who has contributed the most to the dragon this time. It is reasonable for Li Bingqian to give these people enough respect. As long as these people are clamoring to go west, it will be enough for Li Bingqian to drink a pot.

"You guys, you're too uninformed. The Uighurs were just a small country in the Western Regions, with large areas, few people, and fertile pastures. But you have to know that there are Black Khan in the Western Regions, as well as Khotan, Jicini, all the way to the west, as well as Persia, and the momentum to the mainland is Rome, I tell you, Rome is the end of the Tang Silk Road, where there is gold everywhere, people are stupid and have a lot of money, although the appearance is a little stumbling, you can put a sheep, there is no big problem in planting. ”

In the same way, Li Kui is a tireless communicator over and over again.

Thanks to Li Kui's extraordinary position in the Western Xia army, no one doubted his words at all. Even if some people suspect that Li Kui took out his identity as a descendant of the Shence Army, the identity of the Great Song Dynasty Secretary Pavilion, and the classics came as soon as he opened his mouth, no one dared to say that what he said was false. How to say that he is also a descendant of Li Tang, this identity is much louder than Li Bingqian's Western Xia royal family shouting out.

Winter, especially in Western Xia when there is nothing to do.

In previous years, the Tanguts would choose to fight south.

But this year's war was not successful, and after the Western Xia experienced a domestic rebellion, its strength was greatly damaged. You can only nest in the barracks or at home, and there were such days in previous years, but sitting around the campfire, drinking wine and eating meat is not lively. But now, I can only boil a pot of hot water, and the more I drink, the more aggrieved I become.

Li Kui's words are like a stone thrown on the surface of a calm lake.

Once the ripples have been brewing, they can no longer be cleaned up.

It only took two days to reach Li Bingqian's ears.

In fact, there is no need for people to pass it on, and there are small tribal leaders who are blind and anxious and stupidly run to Li Bingqian, patting their chests and saying that they want to open up territory for the king.

At first, Li Bingqian was very happy, and he thought that the tribal leaders were supporting him. He had not yet assessed the remnants of the Liang clan before he gained the support of the tribe. But as more people came, he realized that something was wrong. It seems that someone is deliberately demagoguery, and sent Fei Tingduo to inquire, and the news he got was Li Kui.

Now even if he pretends to be stupid, he knows that he can't pretend anymore, and Li Kui forces him to have a showdown. When Li Kui suggested that he go west, he always felt that something was wrong, and he was afraid that he would be uneasy and kind. But Li Bingqian couldn't guess Li Kui's true intentions. But today, Li Bingqian still can't guess Li Kui's true intentions, but he can be sure that Li Kui is going to harm him.

What made Li Bingqian even more helpless was that on this day, the old prince, that is, his imperial uncle Wei named Kangda, ran back and said to him: "King, I really can't pretend anymore." ”

"Uncle Huang, take a sip of wine to warm up your body and speak slowly."

Li Bingqian asked people to send wine to the old prince, but the old man didn't care about drinking at all, and said directly to Li Bingqian: "King, Song envoy An Tao agreed to all the conditions of the old minister. It's just that the four states of Wei, Long, Hong, and Yin are uncompromising, and the other conditions are agreed. He even promised Li Kui to lend me Daxia for three years. But the old minister wanted to ask the king a word, a truth. ”

"Old prince, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Li Bingqian gave full respect to the famous Kangda. In fact, he was not in Xingqing Mansion at all, but in the military camp outside Jingzhou City. With such a major negotiation, how dare he wait in the royal city? He did not show up because he was worried that once the negotiations reached a stalemate, there would be no room for relaxation.

Wei Ming Kangda's face couldn't contain the tiredness, after all, he was old, but he took two steps and came to Li Bingqian, his eyes were like torches, staring at Li Bingqian and asking: "King, if Da Song is willing to give Li Kui, will the king dare to use the black marshal to lead the troops?" ”

"This ......"

Li Bingqian was dumbfounded, he patronized to embarrass the Great Song Dynasty, but ignored Li Kui's identity. Li Kui will definitely have more heart for the Great Song. If Li Kui is allowed to lead the troops, no more than 30,000 horses will be enough for Li Bingqian to drink a pot.

After a long time, Li Bingqian shook his head helplessly and said, "I don't dare to use it, and I can't afford it." ”

In other words, the blind worship of Li Kui by many generals of the Western Xia Army was enough to make Li Bingqian tremble. In Li Kui's body, he already has all the conditions for a high merit and a high master. What's more, if Li Kui commanded the elite of the party, he was afraid that if Li Kui turned the tip of his gun and aimed his troops at him, he was not sure that he would be able to defeat Li Kui. When the time comes, the Great Song Dynasty may be able to fight without blood, so they will use the party to kill each other and solve the Western Xia once and for all.

Wei Ming Kangda said loudly: "Since it can't be used, we should consider sending Li Kui out of my Great Xia." Unless the king decides to leave Li Kui in my Great Xia, he will never suffer in the future. ”

Li Bingqian shook his head decisively and said, "No." He has a good relationship with many generals in the army, especially the king relied on him to obtain the throne. If they do attack him, what will the others think? Isn't it to put everyone at risk? Still is...... Or send this trouble out of the country, right? However, the Great Liao Mission promised that the Three Kingdoms signed an alliance and could not attack our Great Xia during the armistice period. ”

After Li Bingqian finished speaking, as if the strength in his body had been drained, he collapsed on the couch.

But the famous Kangda bowed down and said happily: "The king is wise, the old minister will do it immediately." ”

Three days later, a high platform was built outside Xingqing Mansion.

The monarch of Western Xia, the Liao delegation, and the Song delegation began to worship after submitting the credentials of the Three Kingdoms.

In less than half a month before the year, An Tao and others all embarked on the road back to their hometown with happy faces.

Standing on the mound by the Yellow River, Li Bingqian watched the Song envoy drift away and finally disappeared from sight. Li Bingqian's face was resolute, his eyes were firm, and the demeanor under the canopy finally had the style of a generation of emperors. Who knew that the only thought in his heart at this moment was: "Finally send this scourge away." ”

Saying that Li Kui is a scourge is definitely not nonsense.

Li Kui was in Xixia for half a year, except for the first month, he kept to himself, not to mention working in the temple in Youzhou, and did not harm anyone. But a month later, he successively killed the national teacher, the queen mother, and the emperor of Western Xia......

There were also at least 100,000 Western Xia troops.

What makes Li Bingqian uncomfortable is that many of the generals under his command are still a little reluctant to Li Kui, what a bad fate!